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Chessa K. Lutter
Researcher at RTI International
Publications - 94
Citations - 6068
Chessa K. Lutter is an academic researcher from RTI International. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breastfeeding & Population. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 85 publications receiving 4981 citations. Previous affiliations of Chessa K. Lutter include University of Maryland, College Park & Pan American Health Organization.
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Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?
Nigel Rollins,Nita Bhandari,Nemat Hajeebhoy,Susan Horton,Chessa K. Lutter,Jose Martines,Ellen Piwoz,Linda Richter,Cesar G. Victora +8 more
TL;DR: The marketing of breastmilk substitutes negatively affects breastfeeding: global sales in 2014 of US$44·8 billion show the industry's large, competitive claim on infant feeding as discussed by the authors.
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Efficacy of home-based peer counselling to promote exclusive breastfeeding: a randomised controlled trial
Ardythe L. Morrow,M. Lourdes Guerrero,Justine Shults,Juan J. Calva,Chessa K. Lutter,Jane Bravo,Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios,Robert C. Morrow,Frances D. Butterfoss +8 more
TL;DR: Early and repeated contact with peer counsellors was associated with a significant increase in breastfeeding exclusivity and duration, and the two-fold decrease in diarrhoea demonstrates the importance of breastfeeding promotion to infant health.
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Worldwide implementation of the WHO Child Growth Standards.
Mercedes de Onis,Adelheid W. Onyango,Elaine Borghi,Amani Siyam,Monika Blössner,Chessa K. Lutter +5 more
TL;DR: Five years after their release, the WHO standards have been widely scrutinized and implemented and countries have adopted and harmonized best practices in child growth assessment and established the breast-fed infant as the norm against which to assess compliance with children's right to achieve their full genetic growth potential.
Quantifying the benefits of breastfeeding: a summary of the evidence.
TL;DR: This annotated bibliography summarizes the published literature on the following six topics related to the benefits of breastfeeding: Infant morbidity because of diarrhea acute respiratory infections otitis media and ear infections and other infectious diseases.
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Eggs in Early Complementary Feeding and Child Growth: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Lora Iannotti,Chessa K. Lutter,Christine P. Stewart,Carlos Andres Gallegos Riofrío,Carla Malo,Gregory Reinhart,Ana Palacios,Celia Karp,Melissa Chapnick,Katherine Cox,William F. Waters +10 more
TL;DR: It is shown that when offered early in complementary feeding, the food-based intervention of eggs produced a large effect size on child growth, supporting the hypothesis that early introduction of eggs significantly improved growth in young children.